Date:	Monday 8 March 1982
Time:
Type:	Blackburn Buccaneer S.2B
Owner/operator:	XV Sqn RAF
Registration:	XN977
MSN:	B3-04-63
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Nordhorn Range, GB, Niedersachsen -   Germany
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Laarburch (EDUL)
Destination airport:	RAF Laarbruch
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Written off 8/3/1982: Suffered an engine explosion whilst over the Nordhorn Ranges, Neidersachsen, West Germany. The pilot managed to land at Hopsten but the aircraft was found to be damaged beyond repair. It was placed in store at Shawbury (arrived 7/4/1983) until being cut up there for scrap during October 1991

1. Air Britain: RAF Aircraft XA100 - XZ999, published 2001
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1982.htm
3. http://www.blackburn-buccaneer.co.uk/S2_XN977_files/0_S2_XN977.html
4. http://www.aircraft-scrapyards-and-gi-airframes.org.uk/buccaneer/
5. http://www.tiki-toki.com/timeline/entry/49700/Royal-Air-Force-Laarbruch/#vars!date=1951-11-16_01:19:32!

Buccaneer XN977 as "R/030" of 809 NAS Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm at Lossiemouth on 18 July 1970 XN977 when with 237 OCU at RAF Honington, Suffolk in 1975

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-Aug-2011 22:23	Uli Elch	Added
17-Sep-2013 04:01	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
28-Feb-2014 19:29	Nepa	Updated [Operator]
13-Jul-2015 19:07	Anon.	Updated [Destination airport]
03-Aug-2015 23:56	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Embed code]
28-Feb-2016 19:20	Anon.	Updated [Destination airport, Narrative]
14-Nov-2018 15:38	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
08-Jun-2022 21:22	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]
25-Jun-2022 04:12	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]